A shotgun’s payload of pellets flies downrange in an expanding, lengthening swarm. The choke in the gun’s muzzle determines the height and width of that swarm. “Choke” is the taper in the ...

Then I start shooting, and I don’t stop until I find the best combination of choke and ammo for that gun. That gives me a better sense of how the gun is going to perform on birds. Since you might not ...

Chokes in shotguns work by constricting the diameter of the bore near the muzzle. Tighter constriction—meaning the narrower the opening—will result in tighter shotgun patterns downrange. The goal is ...

They give shooters the ability to tailor chokes and loads to specific purposes, as I did with that turkey gun. And they let one gun do the work of several. Had I the time and inclination on that ...